Posted 15 February 2012 - 03:13 PM

The attached link displays a map I generated for the upcoming ESRI conference. Not sure they will accept it but I thought I would get some peer review before I do so.

The map is generated so that it looks like it might have been printed during the late 40's. I tried to find fonts and graphics that look similar to the time period.

The map is based upon the idea that the zombie virus is less aggressive at temperatures below 40 degrees F. This creates a seasonal map that displays zones that run from safe to unsafe as listed in the legend.

I tried to make the map sort of look like a propaganda/informational handout that you might have seen hang on the walls of your high school or public building.

Any feed back would be appreciated. Especially if you see a spelling error. ;-)

Posted 05 March 2012 - 03:00 PM

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Posted 06 March 2012 - 02:16 PM

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Two-letter state abbreviations are seriously anachronistic. In 1947, Hawaii and Alaska are no different from Puerto Rico or Guam, so it seems odd to mention the former two. The upper-left paragraph wouldn't be all caps. It, and the labels on the map, would probably be in Futura/Tempo/Vogue. Windows shouldn't have an apostrophe, nor should its only act of motivation. Which affects the cerebellum. No need for halos on city names; with only one or two per state they should be placed to never cross a state boundary. Not sure how you're choosing supplementary (non-capital) cities: Detroit, New Orleans, Omaha, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Louisville, Cleveland seem conspicuously absent.

Posted 09 March 2012 - 02:29 PM

Two-letter state abbreviations are seriously anachronistic. In 1947, Hawaii and Alaska are no different from Puerto Rico or Guam, so it seems odd to mention the former two. The upper-left paragraph wouldn't be all caps. It, and the labels on the map, would probably be in Futura/Tempo/Vogue. Windows shouldn't have an apostrophe, nor should its only act of motivation. Which affects the cerebellum. No need for halos on city names; with only one or two per state they should be placed to never cross a state boundary. Not sure how you're choosing supplementary (non-capital) cities: Detroit, New Orleans, Omaha, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Louisville, Cleveland seem conspicuously absent.

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Posted 13 March 2012 - 04:00 PM

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I'll admit to not really keeping up with the scholarly work being done in the field of zombie infestation, but why are there areas around major cities that indicate a Good level of safety? Wouldn't population centers be more risky, not less, than their surroundings? And why are they rectangular?

Posted 15 March 2012 - 02:12 PM

I'll admit to not really keeping up with the scholarly work being done in the field of zombie infestation, but why are there areas around major cities that indicate a Good level of safety? Wouldn't population centers be more risky, not less, than their surroundings? And why are they rectangular?

Unlike in The Walking Dead and Max Brook's World War Z , which is a modern take on the a zombie invasion. This invasion took place during the 40's when the government was treated as a believable source of information and was quite competent in handling a crisis. In this alternate reality the cities were quickly quarantined and "divested" of their un-dead inhabitants. They became the first safe zones for people to group together and start over. Rectangular shapes are just used as a general representation of the safe areas. In actuality they are much larger but to be safe the real physical zones were drawn smaller.

Posted 15 March 2012 - 02:19 PM

Two-letter state abbreviations are seriously anachronistic. In 1947, Hawaii and Alaska are no different from Puerto Rico or Guam, so it seems odd to mention the former two. The upper-left paragraph wouldn't be all caps. It, and the labels on the map, would probably be in Futura/Tempo/Vogue. Windows shouldn't have an apostrophe, nor should its only act of motivation. Which affects the cerebellum. No need for halos on city names; with only one or two per state they should be placed to never cross a state boundary. Not sure how you're choosing supplementary (non-capital) cities: Detroit, New Orleans, Omaha, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Louisville, Cleveland seem conspicuously absent.

I did find a source that displayed upper caps in the map. Maybe not at the top but within the map. Not sure what font it is. But maybe you are speaking of traditional government produced maps.http://cvgs.cu-portl...ds_map_1950.jpg

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Posted 21 March 2012 - 03:11 PM

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No problem to have a paragraph of explanatory notes on a poster of this type. But "good citizens" is very odd language. The issuing agency would have spelled Department correctly. And in 1947, the Secretary of War was Robert Patterson, not Henry Stimson.

Posted 22 March 2012 - 06:46 AM

No problem to have a paragraph of explanatory notes on a poster of this type. But "good citizens" is very odd language. The issuing agency would have spelled Department correctly. And in 1947, the Secretary of War was Robert Patterson, not Henry Stimson.

Cool. Since I will have a hard time finding his signature the map may become a "1945". Thanks again.